What does tender mean?
Definitions for tender
ˈtɛn dərten·der
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word tender.
Princeton's WordNet
tender, legal tender, stamp(noun)
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
attendant, attender, tender(noun)
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
bid, tender(noun)
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
tender(noun)
car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter(noun)
a boat for communication between ship and shore
tender, supply ship(adj)
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
tender(adj)
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
"a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
sensitive, sore, raw, tender(adj)
hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
tender(adj)
young and immature
"at a tender age"
affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm(adj)
having or displaying warmth or affection
"affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
tender(adj)
easy to cut or chew
"tender beef"
tender, untoughened(adj)
physically untoughened
"tender feet"
crank, cranky, tender, tippy(adj)
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender(verb)
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
"tender green shoots"
tender(verb)
offer or present for acceptance
offer, bid, tender(verb)
propose a payment
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
tender(verb)
make a tender of; in legal settlements
tender, tenderize, tenderise(verb)
make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
"tenderize meat"
Webster Dictionary
Tender(noun)
one who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse
Tender(noun)
a vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like
Tender(noun)
a car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water
Tender(verb)
to offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt
Tender(verb)
to offer in words; to present for acceptance
Tender(noun)
an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest
Tender(noun)
any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract
Tender(noun)
the thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation
Tender
easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
Tender
sensible to impression and pain; easily pained
Tender
physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate
Tender
susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic
Tender
exciting kind concern; dear; precious
Tender
careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; -- with of
Tender
unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild
Tender
adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
Tender
apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject
Tender
heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel
Tender(noun)
regard; care; kind concern
Tender(verb)
to have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value
Freebase
Tender
"Tender" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tender
ten′dėr, v.t. to stretch out or offer for acceptance, esp. to offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates specified.—n. an offer or proposal, esp. of some service, also the paper containing it: the thing offered, the actual production and formal offer of a sum due in legal money, or an offer of services to be performed, in order to save the consequences of non-payment or non-performance.
Tender
ten′dėr, adj. soft, delicate: easily impressed or injured: not hardy: fragile: weak and feeble: easily moved to pity, love, &c.: careful not to injure (with of): unwilling to cause pain: apt to cause pain: pathetic, expressive of the softer passions: compassionate, loving, affectionate: young and inexperienced: weakly in health: delicate, requiring careful handling: quick, keen: apt to lean over under sail.—n. Ten′der-foot, one not yet hardened to life in the prairie, mining-camp, &c.: a new-comer.—adj. Ten′der-heart′ed, full of feeling.—adv. Ten′der-heart′edly.—n. Ten′der-heart′edness.—adj. Ten′der-heft′ed (Shak.), having great tenderness.—ns. Ten′derling, one too much coddled, an effeminate fellow: one of the first horns of a deer; Ten′der-loin, the tenderest part of the loin of beef, pork, &c., lying close to the ventral side of the lumbar vertebræ.—adv. Ten′derly.—n. Ten′derness. [Fr. tendre—L. tener, allied to tenuis, thin.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
tender
A small vessel duly commanded, and employed to attend a larger one, to supply her with stores, to carry intelligence or volunteers and impressed men to receiving ships, &c. An enemy's ship captured by cutters or boats fitted out as tenders by men-of-war, but without any commission or authority from the admiralty, will not insure a prize to the benefit of the ship. The condemnation will be as a droit of admiralty, on the principle that an officer does not retain his commission for the purposes of prize on board another ship; but if captured by one of her boats, and brought to the ship, she is good prize, as with slaves. Tender is also a synonym of crank; thus, a spar may be tender.
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tender' in Adjectives Frequency: #862
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tender in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tender in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of tender in a Sentence
Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.
In our own misfortunes how much comfort has our affection for one another afforded us! And, in times of happiness, we have enjoyed that doubly from being able to share it with a friend; and where can one find friends more tender and more united than in one's own family?
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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Translations for tender
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- غضArabic
- tendreCatalan, Valencian
- něžnýCzech
- mør, øm, forsyningsskib, tenderDanish
- zart, liebevoll, lieb, zärtlich, empfindlichGerman
- esquife, oferta, dolorido, tierno, [[vagón]] [[nodriza]], propuesta, cariñoso, ofrecerSpanish
- تردPersian
- tenderi, hellä, esittää, tarjota, arka, maksuväline, aristava, emälaiva, tarjous, yhteysvene, mureaFinnish
- tendre, offreFrench
- grámhar, mínIrish
- presentare, fare una offerta, soffice, dare, offrire, offerta, morbido, tender, valuta, dolce, scialuppa, moneta, [[gara]] d’[[appalto]], tenero, sottoporre, sensibile, carino, tenera, battere, delicatoItalian
- מִכרָזHebrew
- 過敏, 柔らかい, 炭水車, 優しいJapanese
- 연한Korean
- tenerLatin
- zaartLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mateoha, pāwera, tono, tāngohengoheMāori
- betalingsmiddel, tilbud, anbudNorwegian
- zacht, betalingsmiddel, bod, lief, tender, gevoelig, aanbieden, mals, biedenDutch
- tender, środek płatniczy, oferta, przetargowy, delikatnyPolish
- tenro, terno, tênder, macioPortuguese
- dulce, gentil, iubitRomanian
- уязвимый, предлагать, нежный, ласковый, тендер, [[платёжный, чувствительный, [[плавучий, предложениеRussian
- öm, mör, ljuv, erbjudaSwedish
- లేతTelugu
- mềmVietnamese
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